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Georychus capensis (Cape mole rat)

Cape blesmol [English]; Kaapse blesmol [Afrikaans]; Kap-Blessmull [German]; rat-taupe du Cap [French]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Euarchontaglires > Glires > Rodentia (rodents) > Hystricognathi > Bathyergidae (mole-rats)

Georychus capensis (Cape mole rat)
Georychus capensis (Cape mole rat)

Georychus capensis, Strandfontein Sewage Works, Cape Town, South Africa. [photos Jim Scarff ©]